Article 1.　The Labor Relations Committee or the administrative authority under Article 9 of the Labor Relations Adjustment Act (hereafter called simply Act) shall mean the Local Labor Relations Committee within whose jurisdiction lies the place where acts of dispute occurred or the Chief of the nearest Labor Office of the place, and when the place where the acts of dispute occurred extends over two or more prefectures, it shall mean the Central Labor Relations Committee or one of the concerned prefectural governors.

Article 2.　The Report to be made under Article 9 of the Act may be made by oral, telephone or other appropriate convenience.

Article 3.　The request for nomination of conciliators under the Article 12 of the Act, the request for mediation under Items 1-3, Paragraph 1, Article 18, or Paragraph 2 of the Act or the request for arbitration under the Article 30 of the Act shall be made in writing with the salient facts of the case by the concerned parties (when they are juridical persons, or the employers' organizations or the labor union who are not juridical persons, or organizations of the parties in dispute, they shall mean their representatives) or their delegates.

Article 4.　The chairman of the Labor Relations Committee shall let the parties concerned with the labor relations know the names, careers and other matters of the conciliatiors by appropriate means.

Article 5.　The Labor Relations Committee may dismiss the conciliators at their request to resign or when they are considered inappropriate as conciliators.

Article 6.　The conciliators, or those who were once conciliators, or the members of the mediation committee or those who were once members of the same committee shall not disclose any secret information obtained in performing their functions.

Article 7.　When the request for mediation has been made by either one of the parties according to the provision of Article 18, Paragraph 1, Item 2 or Item 3, the Labor Relations Committee shall notify the other one of the parties without delay, and when the decision under the same paragraph, Item 4 or the request for mediation under the same paragraph, Item 5 has been made, the Labor Relations Committee shall be required to notify both parties without delay.

Article 8.　The administrative authorities under Item 5, Paragraph 1, Article 18 of the Act shall mean the Prefectural Governor within whose jurisdiction lies the place where acts of dispute occurred, and when the place where the acts of dispute occurred extends over two or more prefectures, it shall mean the Welfare Minister.

Article 9.　The chairman of the mediation committee shall preside over the work of the committee and represent the mediation committee concerned.

Article 10.　The mediation committee shall draw up a plan for mediation within 15 days of the day when the request for mediation is made according to the provision of Item 1 or 2, Paragraph 1, Article 18, or the decision according to the provision of Item 3 or 4 of the same paragraph or the request according to the provision of Item 5 of the same parapragh is made, and give advice to the parties concerned fixing a term not exceeding ten days.

Article 11.　The request under Article 42 of the Act shall be made by document through the decision of the Local Labor Relations Committee, within whose jurisdiction lies the place where the violation has been committed, by its chairman to the Prosecutor.

Article 12.　The expenses under Article 44 of the Act shall comprise the five items: railway fare, passage, vehicle and horse fore, daily allowance and hotelcharges, and they shall be paid by the fixed amount according to the annexed list.

Article 13.　When the Welfare Minister deems it necessary, he may designate other administrative authorities than prefectural governors to perform the functions of prefectural governors under this Ordinance,provided, however, that in order to designate the administrative authorities which are not under the direction and supervision of the Welfare Minister, he must have a previous consultation with the competent Ministers.